Meet the world’s animals.

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• Fischer's lovebird Agapornis fischeri

  

  A small East African parrot with an orange face, green body and conspicuous white eye-rings.

• Amethyst-throated Hummingbird Lampornis amethystinus

  This hummingbird inhabits forests from Mexico into northern Central America. Adults have a blue-violet throat and feed among flowers in the lower and middle parts of the forest.

• Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata

  A large kingfisher with a black cap, blue back, and red bill. In Hong Kong it is mainly seen at coastal wetlands during passage and winter.

• Sharpe's Starling Pholia sharpii

  A starling of eastern African highlands, from Ethiopia south to Tanzania, associated with wet montane forest.

• Chukar Alectoris chukar

  Native to southern Eurasia, the Chukar also has introduced populations in rocky, dry country of western North America.

• Grey-headed Elaenia Myiopagis caniceps

  The Grey-headed Elaenia is a small canopy bird of eastern South America. It gleans insects from leaves and twigs and also eats small fruits; southernmost birds may move north during the austral winter. Older accounts can use a broader species concept, so this entry follows Myiopagis caniceps.

• Nēnē (Hawaiian Goose) Branta sandvicensis

  A goose from the Hawaiian Islands that spends much time on land and eats a varied plant diet.

• Uniform Crake Amaurolimnas concolor

  The Uniform Crake has dark reddish-brown plumage, red eyes and legs, and a yellowish bill. It uses damp thickets and streamside forest, searching the ground for small animals.

• Tanna Fruit Dove Ptilinopus tannensis

  Endemic to Vanuatu, it feeds on fruit in the canopy of tall fruiting trees. Males have silver shoulder spots that females lack.

• Reddish Scops Owl Otus rufescens

  The Reddish Scops Owl is a small owl of forests in Southeast Asia, including the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. It is nocturnal and feeds mainly on insects.

• Transvolcanic Jay Aphelocoma ultramarina

  The Transvolcanic Jay lives in highland forests along Mexico's central volcanic belt. Its blue-gray plumage and flocks of several to a few dozen birds are characteristic.

• Cuban Oriole Icterus melanopsis

  It is endemic to Cuba and Isla de Pinos. It lives in forests, plantations, and human-settled places; adult males and females are alike, with black plumage and yellow patches.

• Mayotte Sunbird Cinnyris coquerellii

  This sunbird is endemic to Mayotte. It feeds on flower nectar and small insects, and the sexes differ markedly in color.

• Powerful Woodpecker Campephilus pollens

  This large woodpecker occurs in the Andes from Venezuela south to Peru. It excavates decaying trunks for insects and larvae.

• Bubbling Cisticola Cisticola bulliens

  This small cisticola occurs along the Angolan coast and in parts of the Congo Basin. It is fairly pale and is often easier to detect by its song in grassland and savanna.

• Brown-backed Solitaire Myadestes occidentalis

  The Brown-backed Solitaire is a thrush of mountain forests from Mexico into northern Central America. It is brown with gray markings and eats mostly fruit in forests near water.

• Yellow-throated Seedeater Crithagra flavigula

  This gray-brown seedeater has a pale yellow throat and a yellow rump visible in flight. It occurs locally in dry savanna, favoring rocky hillsides.

• Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri

  A redstart of North Africa, it catches small invertebrates on the ground in open woodland and scrub.

• American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea

  The American Tree Sparrow has a rounded body, long tail, and rusty cap. In winter, small flocks forage for seeds on the ground in fields and yards from southern Canada into the northern United States, then migrate to northern tundra as snow melts.

• Rufous Crab Hawk Buteogallus aequinoctialis

  The Rufous Crab-hawk has a rufous belly and yellow feet. It searches for crabs in coastal mangroves and swoops down from a branch to catch them.

• White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus

  A honeyeater of eastern and southeastern Australia. Its olive back, black crown and white nape band are distinctive.

• Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum

  This small songbird has a long, pointed bill and striped head. It searches for caterpillars and other insects in dense forest understory.

• Spectacled Prickletail Siptornis striaticollis

  The Spectacled Prickletail occurs on the eastern Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. It searches for food in the middle and lower canopy of humid montane forest.

• Gray-backed Tern Onychoprion lunatus

  The Gray-backed Tern breeds on tropical Pacific islands and often stays at sea outside the breeding season. Its full range is not well known.